YSU ring dinner set Feb. 19 at Mr. Anthony’s

YSU ring dinner set Feb. 19 at Mr. Anthony’s

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The Youngstown State Penguin Club will honor the Mincey and Schmutz families at the Scholarship Ring Dinner on Feb. 19 at Mr. Anthony’s in Boardman.

Members of YSU’s 2012 Horizon League champion women’s outdoor track and field team will be honored as well at the event.

Tickets for the evening are available by contacting Tom Morella at 330-941-2351 or Jim Morrison at 330-941-3270.

Judy and Reid Schmutz grew up the street across from each other and attended The Rayen School on Youngstown’s North Side. They married in 1965 and have three children – Charles, Jr., Andy and Jill.

Bob Blevins cards ace

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Bob Blevins of Leavittsburg used a 7-wood to shoot a hole in one on the 173-yard No. 2 at the Sea Trail Resort Byrd golf course here last month. The ace was witnessed by Jim Bare.

Reporting prep results

The Vindicator encourages coaches and statisticians to report winter prep results by email (sports@vindy.com) or fax (330-747-6712).

Phone calls (330-747-1478) are also acceptable but emails and faxes are strongly preferred.

Hubbard baseball boosters to meet Feb. 7

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The Hubbard baseball booster club will meet the first Thursday of the month, beginning Feb. 7, at 7:30 p.m. at the high school.

Nominations and election of officers will take place at this meeting. For details, call Cathy Jones at 330-502-2592.

Taxman aims at soccer player transfers

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina

Argentina’s tax chief is imposing new rules aimed at reducing tax evasion in soccer, the sacred national pastime.

Ricardo Echegaray is making soccer clubs responsible for putting all the profits from player transfers in special bank accounts. Player contracts must be reported along with these profits, and the investors and agents involved must be registered as representing the player. If the numbers don’t match, the tax agency will block those responsible from Argentina’s financial system.

Police issue Romo summons at airport

LAS VEGAS

San Francisco Giants pitcher Sergio Romo is facing a misdemeanor summons in Las Vegas alleging he violated airport rules after being detained by authorities at McCarran International Airport on New Year’s Day.

The federal Transportation Security Administration issued a statement Thursday saying Romo failed to provide proper identification at a document checkpoint and engaged in a dispute with TSA officers about 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Las Vegas police issued the 29-year-old Romo a summons to appear in Las Vegas Justice Court.

Wrestling meet named for shooting victim

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.

The Kiki Cup, an international Greco-Roman wrestling dual meet, is being renamed the Jack Pinto Cup in memory of the 6-year-old wrestler who was killed in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn.

USA Wrestling and Christina “Kiki” Kelley, the sponsor of the annual competition, made the announcement Thursday.

Pinto was a first-year member of both the Newton Youth Wrestling Association and USA Wrestling.

IndyCar champ to race in Daytona Rolex 24

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.

IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay will team with Wayne Taylor Racing regulars Max Angelelli and Jordan Taylor in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series’ Rolex 24 At Daytona.

Wayne Taylor Racing announced Thursday that they will drive the No. 10 Velocity Worldwide Corvette Dallara DP in the Jan. 26-27 race.

Vindicator staff/wire reports